Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

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Regarding body dysmorphic horror The Fly, Davis gushes over director Cronenberg/Goldblum's performance, and divulges her pithy pitch for another The Fly sequel -- it's neither very clever, nor unremarkable, just, terribly episodic .

Dying of Politeness is a touching account of one woman's journey to fight for herself, and ultimately fighting for women all around the globe. I had no idea that she grew up at the Cape, being from MA this was great to read and picture her in so many places I am familiar with.She goes on to feign obliviousness to whatever Murray was even trying to elaborate, and just rides out the rest of her Quick Change preparations (without incident). I had no idea she once dated Christopher McDonald, so that makes Thelma and Louis even more interesting. I absolutely loved reading about my favorite Geena movie (and one of my favorites in general), “The Long Kiss Goodnight “.

What Davis cherishes most comes across as — throwaway anecdotal one might queue up for late-night talk show fodder (the kind frequently co-authored w publicists or by studio press agents), while promoting their latest blockbuster release. i was so long conditioned to think it is shameful to be seen and heard, to think it was impolite to sorta, exist?

I realized that I was very, very anxious about doing the right thing and getting perfect grades, and I started thinking to myself, in 10 years, you won’t remember that you got a B on a math test.

Watch how Bill flirts with me and paws at me and even pulls down the strap of my dress… For that matter, notice how I giggle and go along with it, as if we’re great pals; as if the raging hadn’t happened, as if the way they’re both objectifying me is really fun.She managed to tell some dark tidbits of her life without ever darkening the tone of the book which I realized is not easy for a lot of people to accomplish in their memoirs. You get the sense of a normal person, with a normal family doing what they consider normal but to the rest of us, being in a different world. I have no idea what movie I watched that initially launched this adoration, but I don't remember a time I ever didn't know who she was (although given my hyper-religious upbringing, I know for certain that isn't precisely the case). It was so funny, I got the audio and listened to her read it (that is when I heard her mother's voice).

The end of the book definitely takes a sad turn as she addresses the declining health and ultimately the death of her parents. but deserving of only 3 stars because some sections felt like a chore and other sections were like hanging out with a deeply weird friend.

i thought the title “dying of politeness” was clever as she told so many stories where she chose extreme discomfort over just saying “no thanks” or “please stop”. And that said, I have never seen "Thelma and Louise" (I know, I know, it's on the list), but I've loved "Fletch" and "Speechless" (I still think that movie is underrated) and "Beetlejuice" and "A League of Their Own" and a myriad of other movies that I'm forgetting right now.